The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

'Oupisuf llpplSrS MAKE ThlngS Lively
During Their Saturday Night Orgies
"a Negro Boy Killed by the
Cars Near Sunny Side-Judge Loeb
rane's Will Believed to be in His
Brothers Keeping in Ireland.
GEORGIA.
Lumber is being put ON the ground for
the new hotel at Abbeville.
About 2,400 voters have registered at
Rome for the coming election.
The line is being surveyed for the new
street car linsextension in East Rome.
Up to this writing the crop outlook in
Columbia county is unusually promising.
Many of the old farmers say that the
crop outlook in Liberty never was better.
A Slight rise in the river has enabled the
steamer Ada to resume her schedule from
Albany.
At Macon Tuesday Barley, the counter
felter, was sentenced to four years in the
penitentiary.
Joseph Thorpe was acquitted of arson at
Macon Monday. He was charged with
firing M. Elkan's store.
Henry S. Feagin of the eastern portion Of
this county, has four acres in cotton that
will average three feet in Height.
On the third Saturday in July Macon will
vote on the question of making a five-year
contract with the gas and water company
At Blakely, Saturday, fire DESTROYED the
residence belonging to Nathan. Spivey's
children OF Quitman county, and occupied
by Bev. r. B. Taylor.
George Robinson, who is Treasurer of the
colored order of Independent Order of Odd
Fellows of Sandersvflle, is said to be a de-
faulter in the sum of $50
At Arlington the store of B. F. Jones. n
merchant, was entered by burglars on last
Friday night and robbed of about 5000
worth of general merchandise
There are great beds of tale on the pIan.
tatlon OF Capt. L. +. Newell, lying just out
of Milledgeville, on the west and near to
the Central and also Macon and Augusta
railroads
AT the regular meeting of the Grovetown
Baptist church on Saturday last 1866 We're
subscribed toward the erection of a new
house OF worship This is a good start, when
1t is remembered that the above amount
was pledged by six members
Hon, d. n. Smith, State Senator from the
Twenty-fifth Senatorial district, died at his
home, near 4vey, Tuesday morning at Q
O'Clock. He had suffered many days from
severe attack of typhoid fever. Senator
Smith was in the prime of his life, and was
one OF the most prominent young legislators
in the State.
Raccoon Manufacturing Company have
PuAludSSu all b16 IldCDl1lefX OF the Barlow
cotton mills, located at Adairsville. There
are 50 looms, Is cards, ID spinning frames
1,SSS spindles, and all necessary shaftinp
betting, in fact everything complete This
lot of machinery will fill Raccoon and
double its capacity.
George King, who lives near Buckhead
several miles from Atlanta. and who was
bitten by rattlesnake, is suffering most
horrible agonies. He is delirious and is
affected very much like a person with HYDRO.
phobia. AT times it takes two men to hold
him In bed. His right leg is greatly swollen,
and his whole right side is affected by the
poison.
Alta meeting of the citizens of Forsyth
Monday the question of the advisabity of
extending the city limits to one mile from
the court house instead of half a mile as at
present, and of establishing free school
system was discussed. Upon motion of A.
". Bramblett which was carried, Mai ].
X. Banks was instructed to have a notice
prepared to that effect, and have it pub
ished
j. 7. Duncans barn, at Dublin. was
destroyed by fire Sunday. The barn, con-
tanning more than 300 bushels of corn and
several thousand pounds of fodder, burned
to the ground, and with all its contents is a
complete loss, there being no insurance.
The other smaller buildings in the barn
yard were burned also, with the exception
of one crib, in which was stored this Years
oat crop.
At the last meeting of the Fulton County
Confederate Veterans Association a resolI-
ton was adopted appointing a committee to
wait upon Gov Gordon and request him to
attend the next meeting, to be held ON the
evening of the third Monday in July. and
give the Vets a talk. The committee
having performed its duty make the pleas
ant announcement that the Governor has
consented to be present
Treasurer Hardeman, Secretary of State
Barnett, Principal Keeper Towers, the
Attorney General and the School Commits
sioner viii not ask the Assembly to Lass
any laws for their benefit. Comptroller
General Wright will, in all probability,
urge the passage Of a bill which defines more
clearly the duties of the Insurance Com
missioner, which Office he holds by virtue of
his position as Comptroller General.
Capt. r. E. Park, of Macon has Just re-
ceiyed letter from New York stating that
cargo OF blooded Shetland ponies will ar
rive at that port on July 49, imported direct
from the Marquis Of Londonderrys estates
in the Shetland Islands. Capt. Park thinks
of running up there to examine the stock
He has been very successful in breeding
these ponies ON his stock farm at Holton,
and is rapidly introducing them in Middle
Georgia.
The Lagrange Female College is on a
900, and will erect an annex to the boarding
department, thereby giving ample accom-
modations for 100 boardeis. The college
buildings already erected win also be much
improved and beautified Water works and
other convemences' will be added. Work
begins at once, and everything will be com
pleted for the fall session, which opens
Sept 81.
Monday morning two mulatto women
boarded the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia southbound passenger train, from
Atlanta, and instead of taking seats in the
car assigned to colored people, they seated
themselves in the ladies' car. This created
quite a connection among the white occu-
pants Of the car and & great deal of indig-
nation was expressed. Threats to put them
Off were freely indulged in, but were not
carried out.
Judge John I. Duncan, Ordinary of
Lanrens county, lost his barn and stables
Monday morning at o'clock by fire. The best
opinion is that it was the work of an in
cendiary, There are no suspects as yet No
insurance The loss will aggregate several
hundred dollars. All of his corn, fodder
and oat crop. just harvested, was consumed,
and il was with great difficulty that his